Foreign Minister Wang Yi of the People’s Republic of China is expected to arrive in the Dominican Republic on Thursday, 20 September 2018, as reported in El Caribe. He is coming for the Friday, 21 September formal opening of the People’s Republic of China embassy, as announced by the Ministry of Foreign Relations earlier last week. The visit is also a preparatory step for the meeting of President Danilo Medina in China with his colleague Xi Jinping of China. He is expected to announce major Chinese investments in the Dominican Republic. On his agenda are meetings with President Danilo Medina and Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas, among others. The Dominican Republic established diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on 1 May 2018.
Meanwhile, the media reported that US Ambassador Robin Bernstein returned on Friday, 14 September 2018. She had been summoned to Washington, D.C. after El Salvador announced it was signing for diplomatic relations with China. She was accompanied by her husband, Richard Bernstein.
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El Caribe
17 September 2018
